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Friends! This article - an attempt to answer the most frequently asked questions about the stay in the glorious city of St. Petersburg. All comments - IMHO, because they are based on personal experience.
1.Gde stay?
Four basic options. Hotels, mini-hotels, rented apartments, hostels. Here are some sites where you can book your accommodation:
http://www.allinform.ru/fid89/cat411992.html - more than 400 hotels Pieter containing the coordinates and locations on the map (click the name of the hotel)
http://www.hotellink.ru
http://www.812hotel.ru
http://www.peterburghotels.ru
http://www.spbcall.ru
http://www.hotel24.ru
http://www.privetspb.ru
http://www.hotel-piter.ru - here solo tour
http://www.exclusivetur.ru - a lot extra. information (hotels, rentals, tours, museums, theaters, tickets)
http://www.petersburg-inns.com
http://www.hoteline.ru/index.html - search and booking hotels
http://www.petrohol.ru/index.html
http://vpiter.com/
http://www.dialen-tour.ru
http://www.hot-hotels.ru/-hotels, mini-hotels, apartments
http://www.arentspb.ru/epohi-i-stili/dost/
http://piter-otel.ru/index.php
http://www.spbhotelsview.ru/
http://saint-petersburg-apartments.com/ru/mini-hotels/index.html
http://www.hotelltd.ru
http://www.hotelspetersburg.ru/budgethotels.html
http://www.arenda78.ru - Apartment
http://www.hotel-flat.ru
http://www.1arenda.ru
http://www.rent.ru
http://www.flatagent.ru
http://www.bn.ru
http://www.atriumrent.ru/index.php
http://www.nevskyhostels.ru - hostels (cheap room with a large number of residentsC/p>
http://www.hostel-peterburg.ru
http://www.spbhostels.com/hotels/hotels_client/index.php?lang=1
http://www.graffitihostel.ru
If you ask to find a "mini-hotels of St. Petersburg" - pops up a lot of sites. Mini-hotels - the most convenient form of accommodation, as They are located mainly in the historic city center and most are solid 3.4 *.
2. Where to eat?
http://www.allcafe.ru - information on all the "nutritious" points of the city address, cuisine, parking availability, etc.
To make cheap and tasty snack while walking through the city center? C there is a huge number of possibilities. Almost every house in the center - or that "edalnya. But the prices will be considerably lower if you go to any parallel or perpendicular to the Nevsky.
Very conveniently located and, most importantly, inexpensive "Meatballs" and "Prokofiev" - on the canal Griboedova - 100 meters from the metro station "Nevsky - Griboyedov Canal" in the direction "of the Savior on the Blood" at the corner of the Italian street. Are door to door to each drugu.Na other side of the Neva, on the waterfront in front of Kazan Cathedral, "Emelya" - also praised-Russian cuisine, there vkusno.No-small-trap prices are per 100 grams. So it really ever get more and more expensive than planning to. There are several institutions network Teremok "- to the Great Sea, near the Arch of the General Staff, and the Neva, opposite the monument to Catherine the Great and near Sq.Vosstaniya. Also at least 2 institutions "Holy smoke" - at the Little House Books for Konyushennaya and closer to the Square. Rebellion. Several "teaspoons" (pancakes, salads) as the Nevsky, and the surrounding streets. The Great Sea Street., Which is located opposite the Arch of the General Staff, "edalni" are continuous succession, starting with bistro "Eurasia". Next - pancakes "Teremok, McDonalds, several restaurants and bistros, further, on the corner of Gorokhovaya Str. and Big Sea - a good place called "Samson", and on the corner of Gorokhovaya and nab. Washers - 100 meters from "Samson" - "Pizza Hut". The second "Pizza" - contrary to the Nevsky Prospekt metro - "Mayakovskaya. Drink tea or coffee is available in an "ideal cup", "ChayKoffe", "Sweet Tooth", "Bush" on the Small Sea, the famous "North" on Nevsky Prospekt, opposite Dvor Hotel and other stores. "Coffee House" and "Chocolate" - expensive. If you tune in to more serious dinner, at your service Rubinstein Street, which runs from Nevsky - between the embankment and the Vladimir etc. She gathered the Mexican "Tres Amigos", Chinese "Bamboo Paradise" Asian "Noodle Bar, Irish Pub , a wonderful and intimate "Tea House", the Italian "Sardine" and several other institutions - in all the delicious food and cozy interery.Drugoe no less interesting place caravan ul.i Manezhnaya pl.-very close to main attractions . There is also facilities in every home for every taste and koshelek.Tam and the Italian "Mamma Roma", pastry-coffee shop "Marrakech" and "Coffee DeFe" Caucasian "Tarragon" and "Kavkaz-Bar", Ukrainian ; Farm "Vodohraj" European "Nostalgia" and "Korovabar" and a lot of things More. close-on Sadovaya and the Italian streets, even two dozen institutions. Refer to the Japanese "two sticks" in Italian and the Nevsky-style and reasonable prices.
Recommending all "Mama Roma", want to note that there is order a pizza, there should not be more delicious, the restaurant dishes cooked on a grill, a variety of meat and fish dishes. And for pizza - in the "Pizza Hut" cm. above.
Special mention deserve the famous cafe Pirogov "Stoll"-style restaurant in St. Petersburg early last century (thats where he Petersburg spirit!). In the center are in Stables Lane (near the Savior on the Blood) and st. Rebellion d.32
http://www.stolle.ru/rus/spb.html
3.Kuda go?
http://www.museum.ru-location, working hours, weekends.
Planning your program, keep in mind that the weekend in all the museums are different. The Hermitage is a Monday, in the Russian-Tuesday, in Petropavlovka-environment (although the castle is open), the Aurora-Monday and Friday, etc.
The city has a museum of coffee (nab.Robespera d.14), one small room and several museums of chocolate (though the last is the shops, with unusual shaped chocolate products.)
WHEREAS, in many museums for Russians REDUCED ticket price, be prepared for what I will ask you to show your passport or pension PERMIT, especially - in high season.
To the impression of visiting the Hermitage was the most complete, try to get tickets to the Gold, and, especially, Diamond pantries. This should come in the morning - a little tour and sold them only for today.
http://www.oblmuseums.spb.ru/rus/museum_list/museums.html museums of Leningrad region
http://metro.yandex.ru/spb/ subway map
http://www.spbmar.info - all about marshrutkah
http://peterburg-map.ru/index.html- city maps
http://www.spb-guide.ru/map.htm
It is very convenient to use the red-City Tour-bus ticket for them cost 350 rubles, he was 2-storey (in good weather, the upper deck is open) and there audiogid.Krome addition, he has stopped in most interesting places:
pl.Ostrovskogo (near the monument to Catherine II on the Nevsky Palace, Savior on the Blood, the Swan Canal (at the Summer Garden), Aurora, Peter and Paul RC. (on Kronverksky nab) Arrow Vasilevsky Island, the Bronze Horseman, St. Isaacs Cathedral. By purchasing a ticket you can go to any of these stops, walk as you want (for example, go to the Museum of Artillery, he Kronverksky Embankment Petropavlovsk-in another place it is difficult to get) and then with the same ticket to get into another bus and ride it dalshe.Hodyat at intervals of 30 minutes (without traffic jams) from May through September of in the rest of the time-an hour later. http://www.citytourspb.ru Tickets are sold on the bus.
If you arrive a few days and plan to travel a lot, it makes sense to buy travel in the metro-variants are possible for several days, the number of trips and t.d.No keep in mind that the restrictions on the use of one-time-cards for 10-15 minutes. T.e.neskolko people on one card while not pass smogut.C 16 April 2009. This restriction does not apply only to the card more than 60 trips (these are cards on which the trip costs 20 rubles, they are marked on the table, which hangs in every cashier in the subway). This card is probably easy to buy groups of pupils, so as not to suffer every child with the medal.
http://www.metro.spb.ru/14.html - information subway
http://spb.rusavtobus.ru/-excellent scheduler routes. Given initial and final point (there are sections of museums, art. EMUs, etc.) - it offers options for the route, travel time, fare etc.
Tickets for public transport are purchased from the conductors directly into the cars.
Walks - a special theme. You can go off in all directions, you can collect a maximum of attractions, and you can choose the "thematic" marshruty.Etomu devoted the second part of the publication. Bus tour of the same city and its suburbs formed near the station. m. Gostiny Dvor - the corner of Nevsky and Perinnaya line (in front of the building with the tower - the Duma). In the stalls to buy trips to the city and the suburbs, as well as in Novgorod, Vyborg, Pskov, etc. Pushgory Excursion pavilion is located on the Palace Square. Also, always working "barkers" at all exits from the metro station "Nevsky" In the warm season is obligatory tour of the rivers and canals on boats that are parked on the embankment of the Fontanka Canal Griboyedov and Sinks at the intersection of Nevsky etc. It is better to use small boats, because they pass under all mostami.V cold weather, pay attention to the boats, which offer blankets or quilts. Slightly more unusual entertainment - Jazz steamers, which run along the Neva River, go to the bay and allow to enjoy the views of St. Petersburg under the jazz accompaniment, or like this http://www.rockhitneva.ru/.
At the city from above you can see from the colonnade of St. Isaacs Cathedral, the bell of the Smolny Cathedral and the Cathedral of Peter and Paul Fortress, as well as from the walls of the fortress ( "Nevsky Review") - by Isaac go audioguide, and the "Panorama" and its always worked Theme exposure with views of the city or istoriey.Mozhno flying over the city by helicopter and summer from the Peter and Paul Fortress. But it is quite expensive and exclusive. Also in Petropavlovka you must visit the Cathedral with the tomb of Peter I and other kings, prison dungeons, interactive "Street Time" and the city museum in the Commandant dome.V 2009 at coach-building fantastically interesting exhibition of miniatures by Vladimir Aniskina "Russian Lefty" flea-shod there-the easiest eksponat.Iz numerous palaces of St. Petersburg, but I recommend to visit the Hermitage in the first and the Menshikov Palace Yusupov. Theyre not pretentious, but Yusupov an interior designer in some places and not inferior to the Hermitage. A Menshikov, cozy, it is "living" - and there is a kitchen and workshops and it is interesting from the point of view of life and life, and not as an exhibition gallery.
In the trade and entertainment center "Planeta Neptun" (ibid., where the aquarium), opened the attraction for adults "-" Horrors of St. Petersburg ", made famous by the type of underground galleries in London, Madame Tussauds, the wax figures and all sorts of special effects will be "terrible" scenes from the literary and the real history of the city, such as rising from the grave The Queen of Spades, etc. http://www.spbhorror.ru/
Botanic garden, depending on the season, you can either just walk in the garden or enjoy blossoming azaleas, or walk through a greenhouse, which are tropical, subtropical and - a separate tour - water rasteniya.A where the famous flower blooms "Queen of the Night" , flowering only one night, watch it Huge queues, and the garden runs the entire noch.Eto, incidentally, one of the oldest garden plants, it is there since 1824.
Be sure to recommend one quiet evening (especially, in the summer) would be walking along the canal Griboedova-up St. Nicholas Cathedral, from there, right on Kryukov-up and the Mariinsky nab.Moyki and there left arch-New Holland, right, along the promenade to St. Isaacs Square.
Lovers of classical jazz invite to an unforgettable evening at a table in the Philharmonic Jazz "on Zagorodniy d.27.i hear a great" mainstream ". The only problem with the tickets, should somehow zaranee.Programma changes every day.
4. Where to go with children?
http://air7.spb.ru/index.htm excursions and holidays for school groups.
In addition to mandatory programs (the Hermitage, etc.) for children, especially boys, would be very interested in the Naval Museum, the cruiser Aurora, the Artillery Museum (located on the waterfront of the fortress, in a red brick building of the former Arsenal) icebreaker Krasin - Annunciation over the bridge (formerly the Lieutenant Shmidt Bridge) at the Mining Institute http://www.krassin.ru/, submarine Narodovolets on Vasilevsky Island http://www.museum.ru/M155 .
Naval Museum, probably as early as next year will move to a new place for him now-repaired Krukovka former barracks on the area of Labor. Repairs should be completed in late 2009.
Also interesting Zoomuzey and Cabinet of Curiosities - are located nearby, at the Palace Bridge.
In the fortress are many interesting places, underground passage, in print, "street time" with an interactive museum.
At Shpalemaya ul.d.56, opposite the Tauride Palace, the building the water tower is a museum Vodokanal with multiple exposures, "World Water St.-Petersburg", "The Universe of water", which opened only in 2008. and quickly became one of the most interesting interactive museums of Europe.
http://www.vodokanal.spb.ru/?t=1&id=164&vid=171 or http://www.mr7.ru/news/news_7353.html
You can reach there by metro "Chernyshevskaya" right-to Shpalemaya Street. and on it, too, right, past the huge glass conservatory, interesting buildings, which starred many films from the "Magicians" to "Sherlock Holmes", there, too, can look.
There are in the city and very interesting for children, and adult Planetarium. It is situated next to the zoo. Youll probably get from the metro "Gorky" - minutes 5 - 7 walk through the park toward the zoo, that is left. Landmarks near Music Hall (big building with a conical roof) and the Theater "Baltic house". http://www.planetary-spb.ru/start/
Interesting not only for children but for adults as a small Gallery of dolls "on Bolshaya Morskaya 53/8-nedaleko from St. Isaacs pl.-original, funny and sad dolls authors work. Open from 12 to 19 daily except Sundays. and Mon. On Saturday, up to 18.
There is a museum of dolls http://www.museumdolls.ru/
In the warm season the whole day can be spent on rides "Divo-island" - http://www.divo-ostrov.ru - European level park is located opposite the metro Krestovsky Island. Nearby, at the Constantine pr.19 works Dolphinarium with the dolphin show. There you can swim with them. http://www.delfinary.ru/spb/
In the town there are 2 aqua parks. Get plenty - "Votervill" http://www.waterville.ru - at the Hotel "Baltic", metro "Seashore" and from there by shuttle bus. Small - "Rodeo Drive" http://www.aqua-rodeo.ru - from the station. m. "Polytechnique" - on the tram, trolley, shuttle to the "Rodeo Drive" - about 10 minutes. From Art. m. "Ozerki" and "Academic" there is a free bus with the logo "Rodeo Drive".
Oceanarium http://www.planeta-neptun.ru located on ul. Marat d.86, in the shopping center "Planeta Neptun" (next to TYuZom) - from metro "Pushkinskaya" - right, you can walk on the signs.
Summer work "musical fountain" - the arrow Vasilevsky Island, metro "Moscow" and the Finland Station. Music programs begin, usually after 21-00, in the early hours. There are fountains table with the regime raboty.No, unfortunately, the summer of 2009 the most spectacular, on the spit, will not work-crisis ...
In the shopping center "Raduga" in Art. m. "Victory Park" is a cinema of "IMAX" - fabulous stereo on the screen size of 8-storey house. From the subway to the shopping center is a free bus.
Zoo in St. Petersburg miserable, but in 2008, should open "contact" platform, which will be collected small and non-aggressive animals and birds, including a cow, they can be ironed.
http://www.spbzoo.ru/
The delicate issue of tualetah.V-center-at the Palace, the Naval Museum are located in special buses. The city, nearly all subway stations and in crowded places, blue or green booths or plastic pavilions. But all of them, alas, are paid. There are still a few free-will call those who know (who else knows-help). So:
-If a member of Peter and Paul Fortress in St John the bridge as you enter, the left-information ticket office-theres only Petropavlovka free toilet.
-In the department store Gostiny Dvor on the 1 st floor Sadovoi line, close to Nevsky
-Boutique in the center of the Grand Palace, near the "Passage", should rise to 2-nd floor (in the "Passage-toll at the end of the gallery, near the exit to the Italian street.). In addition, if go (do not crowd) in a small or network facilities such as KFC (on Nevsky Prospekt near the Bolshaya Morskaya) or McDonalds, B. Sea, Samson, on the corner of Gorokhovaya and B. Sea, the same-you can use.
5. Suburbs
Suburbs are best to visit in the warm season - with the exception of Pushkin, which is good at any time of year and where the Catherine Palace with the Amber Room and High School work year round. In the holidays and summer - especially a lot of people, the palace "unorganized" tourists miss in the last turn and there is a risk does not fall. It is better to take a bus tour on Nevsky - a guarantee. You may reach it by shuttle bus running from the metro "Moscow" - they stay behind Lenin, standing in the square. Chances jams. Also, go train, every 15-20 minutes from the station. m. "Kupchino", which is aligned with the railway station. But from the station and have to go by shuttle bus or bus.
http://www.pushkin-town.net
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